The Dagan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 537 people carried this name — #40,672 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 24% from 433 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Dagan surname
Borrowed from Hebrew דָּגָן (dagán, “grain, corn”), probably a metonymic occupational surname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dagan» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 66 people named Dagan.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Dagan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alfred Dagan 1858–1994 · writer
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Henri Dagan 1870–1915 · sociologist
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Robert-Paul Dagan 1904–1983 · actor
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Avigdor Dagan 1912–2006 · writer
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Avigdor Dagan 1912–2006 · writer
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Gabriel Dagan 1922–2008 · actor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dagan.
When the index is not enough
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